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Elsha of the Infinite

Legendary Creature — Djinn Monk · {2}{U}{R}{W} · Red/Blue/White commander

Prowess (Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.) You may look at the top card of your library any time. You may cast noncreature spells from the top of your library. If you cast a spell this way, you may cast it as though it had flash.

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What Elsha of the Infinite actually does

Read off the card by the same engine the Forge and Analyzer use — this is the mechanical classification, not a summary.

• Static ability · restrictionYou may cast noncreature spells from the top of your library. If you cast a spell this way, you may cast it as though it had flash.
• Keyword · prowessprowess

What an Elsha of the Infinite deck needs

Plays as spellslinger. What the commander asks of the other 99 — read from the card and checked by hand.

• a dense deck of what it plays from the top, and top-deck manipulation (scry, Sensei's Top) to line it up
• cheap instants and sorceries (every one you cast feeds it)

The Elsha of the Infinite deck plan

The roles the Forge fills for this commander, and how many cards of each.

• 33× Instants and sorceries — for a magecraft/prowess commander the spell COUNT is the engine
• 6× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
• 10× Find the exact card the plan needs
• 3× Answer a spell or ability before it resolves
• 2× Answer a whole board at once
• 8× Refill your hand
• 3× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
• 11× Get ahead on mana

Best cards for Elsha of the Infinite

Ranked by an engine that reads what each card does — its real cost, its delay and how reliably it works — rather than counting how often other people play it.

Combos with Elsha of the Infinite

Known combos from Commander Spellbook that Elsha of the Infinite is a piece of, and how many decks list them.

• Elsha of the Infinite + Sensei's Divining Top + Kykar, Wind's Fury2,861 decks
• Elsha of the Infinite + Sensei's Divining Top + Birgi, God Of Storytelling2,764 decks
• Elsha of the Infinite + Sensei's Divining Top + Helm Of Awakening2,380 decks
• Elsha of the Infinite + Displacer Kitten + Sensei's Divining Top1,568 decks
• Elsha of the Infinite + Sensei's Divining Top + Artist's Talent1,285 decks
• Elsha of the Infinite + Sensei's Divining Top + Etherium Sculptor1,171 decks

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